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Re·bel·lious
/rəˈbelyəs/
adjective
1.
showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
"young people with a rebellious streak"
Similar
defiant
disobedient
insubordinate
unruly
ungovernable
unmanageable
uncontrollable
turbulent
mutinous
wayward
obstreperous
recalcitrant
refractory
intractable
resistant
dissentient
disaffected
malcontent
nonconformist
informal:
bolshie
archaic:
contumacious
Opposite
conformist
compliant
▪
(of a person, city, or state) engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler:
"the rebellious republics"
Similar
rebel
insurgent
mutinous
disorderly
lawless
out of control
mutinying
rebelling
rioting
riotous
revolutionary
seditious
subversive
breakaway
traitorous
renegade
rare:
insurrectionary
insurrectionist
Opposite
obedient
law-abiding
▪
(of a thing) not easily handled or kept in place:
"he smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair"
Derivatives
1.
rebelliously
adverb
2.
rebelliousness
noun
Scrabble Points: 12
R
1
E
1
B
3
E
1
L
1
L
1
I
1
O
1
U
1
S
1
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